annanotbob2's Diaryland Diary ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update As part of my recovery programme I have been asked to try and form a picture of me when I'm well, at my best - canvassing friends and family for their views. This was what they texted to me when asked for an adjective or two: 1. Clever, thoughtful, creative, feisty, generous-hearted Number four wrote an essay, which was kind of nice but also weird. I have done over twenty days of Headspace guided meditations: ten of ten minutes, ten of fifteen and a few odd ten minute stand-alones. I'm meant to be moving up to twenty minutes now, but I don't think I will, in fact I'll probably go back to ten. Ten minutes is perfect though my mental health worker says I should keep going on the longer ones without judgement about my mind drifting off. I want her to leave me alone. I think I'm doing OK, considering, keeping my head down, putting one foot in front of the other. The meditation is definitely calming and steadying. I've sold quite a few paintings of beach huts: but only to people I know, which is great, amazing, I'm not knocking it, I just mean I haven't yet managed to try and sell them down town. Although that's quite a big step, becoming a sales person for your own stuff so I shouldn't give myself too hard a time over not being able to do it straight away. Also, keeping up the yoga and the walking and have had a few swims in the sea but it's been a fuck of a windy summer so far, which doesn't make you want to get into cold water. Grateful for: people who like my paintings enough to buy one; living on the coast; liking posting my photoaday pics on Instagram and getting brief connections with random people all over the planet, including African countries, which is pretty cool; finding a place that sells nice Italian dresses in one big size, not expensive; having my car mended. Sweet dreams xxx 12:58 a.m. - 10.08.16 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
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